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Double bass class of the National Conservatory of Music and Declamation
Albumen print, 21 x 28.5 cm, by Eugène Pirou, 1895
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
 

Published for the centenary of the National Conservatory of Music and Declamation, an early form of the Paris Conservatoire, founded in 1795. It combined music, singing, and dramatic training before evolving into the modern conservatoire for advanced music and dance education.